Airship.



J. W. BOUGHTON.

AIRSHIP.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, |913.

Mull

Patented May 11, 1915.

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AIRSHIP.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24. 1913.

1,138,724. y Patented May 11, 1915.

z SHEETLSHEET 2 the frame fore and aft and in tiers, particularly in front so as to produce the best effects ofA flight of the ship.

Connected with the base of the frame on opposite sides thereof are the pontoons or rafts which are formed of separate or sectional hollow caissons 9 which are placed end to end in the rack 10, the latter being divided in longitudinal directions and held together by bands or straps 11 admitting, however, of access to the caissons 9 when so desired, it being noticed that the rcaissons contain air gas, etc., to impart buoyancy to the same so that the pontoons or rafts are adapted to float, a feature ofimportance should the ship drop into water. Should either section of the caisson leak, collapse or be fractured or injured otherwise, the remaining sections will remain intact and so ,preserve suficient buoyance or flotation for pontoons. When the ship returns to the earth, it is adapted to run von the land on the rollers or wheels 12 which are mounted on the lower ends of the frame 1 on opposite sides thereof, but the fore wheels have their axes on the radial arms 13, which are pivotally mounted n the adjacent portions of the frame 1. The inner limbs of said arms have springs 14 attached to them, the same being also connected with adjacent portions of the frame 1. Within the arms are blocks 15 preferably of wood, the same projecting in part below said arms forming vbrake shoes which are adapted to contact with the ground or earth, it being evident that when the vship descends and is about to alight, the fore rollers contact and touch the ground or earth, and as the weight of the ship is imposed on said rollers, the arms 13 yield resiliently and so the wheels strike the ground or earth with ease and so pre# vent injurious shocks to the ship. Then the shoes 15 engage the ground or earth and act as brakes to slow and stop the motion of the ship thereon. An additional cannon or gun 16 is supported on the cabin intermediate of the fore and aft guns 4, it being elevated and placed beneath the cover 17 over the cabin, but the number or style of the cannon or guns I do not limit myself.

Having thus described my invention what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is a 1. In an air ship, a frame, and a buoyant pontoon of separable hollow caissons arranged endto end lengthwise of the ship and supported on said frame.

2. In an air ship, a frame, and a buoyant pontoon of separable hollow sections arranged end to end lengthwise of the ship, combined with a longitudinally` divided support in which said sections are removably held.

3. In an airship, a frame, a buoyant pontoon composed of separable hollow caissons arranged end to end lengthwise of the ship, a longitudinally divided support in which said caissons are removably located, and means holding said longitudinally divided support fiXedly in position.

4. lin an airship, a frame, a buoyant pontoon formed of separable hollow members disposed end to end in the direction of the length ofthe ship, and a rack secured to said frame and divided in longitudinal directions, and having means embracing said hollow members and detachably holding them. in the rack.

JOHN `W. BOUGHTON. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, N. BUssINGER. 

